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A contour distance-based approach for multi-oriented and multi-sized character recognition

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In this paper, we propose a novel scheme towards the recognition of multi-oriented and multi-sized isolated characters of printed script. For recognition, at first, distances of the outer contour points from the centroid of the individual characters are calculated and these contour distances are then arranged in a particular order to get size and rotation invariant feature. Next, based on the arranged contour distances, the features are derived from different class of characters. Finally, we use these derived features of the characters to statistically compare the features of the input character for recognition. We have tested our scheme on printed Bangla and Devnagari multi-oriented characters and we obtained encouraging results.

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  1. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, 700 108, India

    U. Pal

  2. IBM India Private Ltd., Saltlake, Kolkata, 700 091, India

    N. Tripathy

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Pal, U., Tripathy, N. A contour distance-based approach for multi-oriented and multi-sized character recognition. Sadhana 34, 755–765 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-009-0044-7

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